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- Updated: September 20, 2016
Serena Williams is optimistic sportswomen can close the pay gap on their male counterparts, but expects real progress to be made once her own career is over.
Williams is the highest paid sportswoman on the planet but her annual earnings of £6.7m pale in comparison to the £42.2m earned by Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo last year, according to Forbes.
“I think maybe there will be a day when it will close,” the 22-time Grand Slam winner told Sky Sports News HQ.
“It definitely doesn’t irritate me though because I don’t play for money, I play for the love. When I was growing up I never …
